Festival Internacional de Curtas 2009 do Rio de Janeiro
Under the slogan "Cinema for All", the 19th edition of Rio de Janeiro’s 2009 International Festival of Short Films presented a selection of the best national and foreign short films and showed works made in 35mm, 16mm and digital supports. In the national competition, the great winner was the film Superbarroco, which was also awarded the prize of best national short film by the young jury. In the international category, the highlight was the Portuguese short film Corrente. In the award granted by the partners of 2009 Short Film Cinema, the winners were: Olhos de Ressaca (ASCINE – RJ Award), O controle dos Zumbis (ABD&C Award), Samba de Quadra and O Anão que Virou Gigante (Porta Curtas Award, awarded through direct vote of internet users) and Sweet Karoline (Canal Brasil Award). The short films A arquitetura do corpo, Sweet Karoline, De volta ao quarto 666 and O Divino de repente won the RTP2 – Onda Curta Award, also granted by the partners of 2009 Short Film Cinema.
Recognized for its support to the national artistic production during its almost four decades of history, Álamo supported the event which took place from October 30 to November 09 and gathered national and international recent short film productions, retrospectives and parallel activities, in addition to a special program dedicated to the . For the company, the support to the festival reconfirmed its commitment to culture in Brazil in its different expressions and will continue after this event. "Our support to the Rio de Janeiro’s 2009 International Short Films Festival also includes the DVD launching in December, with a selection of the best short films featured in the festival. The idea is to distribute the material free of charge to our employees and customers in order to promote the taste for the says Mônica Costa, Álamo’s HR director.
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